"It never OCCURRED TO ME FOR A SECOND. I mean, how TRIVIAL,
how FACILE. That one is only for the most facile mind. What would a drag queen
tell me about GARLAND? Hows that going to help me as an ACTRESS? No. No. The
answer is NO."

an irritated Judy Davis, when asked if shed watched
Garland -impersonators as part of her research for the TV movie Life With
Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows

"I have to go now. I have a really bad case of the flu."

Scarlett Johanssen, after speaking to me for 15 minutes
while  inexplicably  holding my hands in her hands

"Thats a real smart-alecky magazine you work for . . . Thats
a -stupid question."

Lyle Lovett, when he wasnt furiously scowling or not
answering questions altogether

"Yes, that is a rifle."

Val Kilmer

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